NRS needs to take a hard look at what it means to sustain a game in the long term. MKX has amazing potential to be a great fighter and tournament favorite IF they learn to let some things rock longer and make more sensible gameplay changes instead of swinging the buff/nerf bat. Some things were definitely needed - Tanya/FF Liu/BS Shinnok/Tempest KL/HF Scorp had arguably game-breaking dirt that would've killed this game stone dead at EVO, Kitana, Shinnok (originally) and Kenshi definitely needed help - but where's common sense gameplay fixes like netcode, hitboxes, glitches (Ice Clone), useless/imbalanced variations, option selects, bad AAs, etc? Why do they have to release patches three days before a tournament that radically alter the game balance, throwing out weeks of lab work? I could see a big patch every month or two as needed, but it feels like there's no rhyme or reason half the time. Shit like that makes them look amateurish. Don't get me wrong, I love this game. As a fan going back to MK1, it's the best MK yet hands down in almost every way, and has made HUGE leaps towards MK's legitimacy as a fighter, but there's room for improvement. With that said, NRS should take a page or two from Capcom and hire more seasoned tournament players to test their games out and have input into the whole nerf/buff process, and learn to let their games breathe a little bit.
